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1
as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water
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2
as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it
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3
as in to hesitate
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time
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as in tremor
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Still wobbling after the hit, somehow, Love tried to avoid the safety by throwing the ball away.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Strong fundraising performances will be even more important for frontline Democrats as President Biden's re-election bid wobbles.
—Stephen Neukam, Axios, 11 July 2024
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Verb
Its path wobbled farther south than expected Tuesday, leading to a southern shift in the forecast.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Still wobbling after the hit, somehow, Love tried to avoid the safety by throwing the ball away.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
But in 2007, a Stanford statistician named Persi Diaconis proposed that the act of flipping a coin introduces a small wobble—a change in the direction of the axis of rotation throughout the coin's trajectory that causes a coin to spend more time in the air with the initial side facing up.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Strong fundraising performances will be even more important for frontline Democrats as President Biden's re-election bid wobbles.
—Stephen Neukam, Axios, 11 July 2024
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Verb
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Over the next few years, a plague of disorder will descend upon America, and maybe the world, shaking everything loose.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Maybe that’s why World Cups end with the two teams shaking hands, one offering congratulations and the other condolences, and elections don’t.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Weather can sway election outcomes, especially in a country like the U.S. where voting is optional, many races are close and the weather itself can be extreme.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The defamation lawsuit alleges that the newspaper did not verify the social media claims, which were false and designed to sway voters, the president’s father said in several statements.Reuters, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jackman didn't hesitate to get in on the fun when Martha Stewart dissed Reynolds in a recent interview.Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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When considering how challenging the role might be, Sakaguchi initially hesitated.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Were Russia to falter in the war and start seeking an exit, countries outside Europe could be vital to the ensuing diplomacy.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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After the recession took hold and the business faltered, Valley bought the company back to reposition it as a direct-to-consumer brand and launched an e-commerce business Alvin Valley Direct.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
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In a lecture in 2012, the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson considered (opens a new tab) gravitational waves from the sun, where the violent churning of matter inside the star should constantly send out mild tremors in space-time.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Last week was a particularly active period for the volcano, with over 1,000 thousand minutes of tremors being detected each day, and huge plumes of ash being spewed out of the mountain.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
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While the film uses some voiceover narration to tackle that interiority, Ronan often communicates just as much with just a furrowed brow or quivering lip.Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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There’s the imperious Cardinal Tremblay (a smug and quivering John Lithgow), who was the last person to see the Holy Father before his death, and seems to be hiding a gospel’s worth of alternate truths under his robes.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
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Boeing has been lurching from crisis to crisis since January when the door panel blew off a near-new 737 MAX plane in midair, leading to the departure of Kelly's predecessor, Dave Calhoun.Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rather than succumbing to intoxication over the killing of Nasrallah and lurching into a full-scale, devastating regional war against Iran, Israel should take advantage of its current battlefield edge and Hamas’s and Hezbollah’s weakened state.Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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Just up the road, where open land meets the neighborhood’s northern periphery, Jason Swann was also packing up — and waiting.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Bosa wasn’t fined immediately, as the league waited until after the national election in which Trump defeated Kamala Harris.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Wobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobble. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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